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Specification forming part of Letters Patent No'll, latdi i1gn1st'-6,` 1,86L`

To all whom it may concern:

lie in known that LJ. W. UHAPPELL, of looonsisville, in 'the eonnty of Kent n mlState of Miehignn, have invented n newen lmproveil Heini Gornilnner; and l Yilo hereby tleelere inet the foliowing is n fell, clear, end emot deseription oi" thesnne, reference being had to the :annexed drawings, melting n part oi' this specineetions in which,

Figui-e il isn vertical section of my innen;l tion, tellen in the line :1: ov, Fig 3.' Fig. 2 is n" t'ortieel section of the saine, teken in the line y y. Fig. 1,.; Fig. 3 is n horizontal section of the seine., leken in theline e .2, Fig. 1. Y i

Simile? 'letten-s of reference indicate correspon'ing parte in the several'gnres.

The objeet of this invention is to obtain n linnii eornqilainter which will 'plant the ller nels fseparntelymihet is to sey,'rleposit the kernels in the hill nt n proper distance apart, so that enen will have e suitable space alotted; to it for nfterjgrowth end enltore, andthe korg" nels et the seine time be planted nt n, suitable end uniform olpth in the ground.

To enable those skilletljn the' .nrt to vfully understand and constructing invention, l will proceed to describe it, Y Y if A A. represents nloox or hopper, which is pro-v viletiet one side with seed,.an(l to two opinsite siileeoi the box or -iopper' A there are nttoehefl npilghts n it, the opper ende of which ere oonneeteri loy-e'eroespieneq b, throngh' which e. loer, C, posses loosely', said ber having e handle, D, etteeherl-y the lower @mi el" the linndle being ronnleil. es shown et 0.9 f To the lower enti oi' the bei' there nre ntteeherl four ro(ls"d cl el el; seid reels being et eqnnl ilistnneeeepeit et the ongles of a square. (fnee Eig. 3.) '.lhev soils d poss f :vertically hrnogii the bottoni ali-ofthe box or hopper A5 noel niljoin openings e e e e, whioh are made the discharge of they corn, inelinex., so that .therocls d will he in or pass tonen-gli their. loneiends, as showin oleerly in Fig. 2.

E is' n. nlie. which passes transverselytlirougn the' hopper, AJ Thisslide is i'orkeil or ont essay' et its inner part within the hoppeiae'o no to i'orin the prongs or slidesff,I eeen of e3-lever, F, which4 ha "spring, k, bea'ring again whine is to piisn the slide E outward fromin line with ea'cnopening e.

v the rods previous lio-fthe nottion of the-rnls`fd 'Y -force-the corn into the gron'nrl ,the handle Disdreini op,

yholes g will be ont fromynndei oiis l l, and be llednith eeeii.,ready" for eeno- .ni' Whielifhnsiiwo heine, o g, mede in itfthe capa-city of 'salilrholes bei g varied .by means oi' slides h,`wi"'nh e adjusted at any point by set-jsor Ws i'. (SeeFig. 1.) Tle onte'r enfilof slide E is nonnen ed to the lower end sidev of. the hopper or t inthe fonction of thehopper. 1

At the bottoxnol the'hopper ireotly' over the prongs or slides f f, there are piaceri two cnt-os, Z Z'. Theseent-offs are directly over the openings e. A l

ln the outer side'of the bottom a* there nre ttewplates or bers Wn, a plete or ber being ,Thefplntes or liars m are fitted on rods nin the bottom ai, and are allowed. towonlr freely 'tl xereon,end each bar m has 'e5-spring', o, bearing. against its upper end, yseid springs to keep the lower ends of thelears min the lower ports of the openings@` eo that ithe former 4tney serve .es Stoppers to the `latten (See Fig. 2.)

The operation is as'lollows: The box or h'0'1`) per A issnpplied with a requisite qnentit'yof,

yborn, and when tlie lower end ofvtlne ixnnlei' ment is over thespoliwheire e hill of corn `is to be planted "the oiere'tor. forces down the hemlle B, and" the rodsd of course l'more' down through 'the botton' ofi and' 'force-one.

Athe-Corn from' the openings :e into the "gronnd;

said cornA being deposited in' the 'openings efin consequence of'lthe lower rounileillv end,-oef the handle forging ont the Lipper end 'of lever E, the'lownend of which shovesinsveriljthe slide E, and ennsing'lthe ,i'l'ledfholer if toi dis-j charge their contente' in the openings ohenenthI d'.- l'lliekzorn is retained in -soid-.epen4 lng-s e,

upon it, by the plates or 'hers/m. {The'rofls d depth` und at suitable distances-eport, dorre. spending tothe positon'of 'therods d. fWhen ythe spring lofv E, so'thnt the'v lever F forces ont the slide needing operation.,

l do not claim, brondlyencl separat-ely, 4the eed-box, and has e hailing e iendencyelfe unilorrn o neath the 'entff slide E, nor any other of the parts when sepathe slide Efievor F, and limidlo I), all urrately considered; but v ranged for joint; operation, substantially as I do Claim as {EGW-and desir@ to secure by and for the purpose set forth. Letters Patent- The combination of the rods d, box or hop- Witnesses:

.WM. E. GROVE,

H. A. GIL-L.

J. W. GHAPPELL.

per A, provided with a, bottom,v*, having iuolined seed-passages e and ret; ining-bars m, 

